Fremont vs Los Gatos vs Palo Alto high schools

•  Mission San Jose and Irvington's dominance holds over Los Gatos and Palo Alto high schools. Mission and Irvington average 50+ kids to Berkeley, a number which none of the Los Gatos, Saratoga or Palo Alto schools come close to
• Mission's dominance in one statement : over the last 5 years, Mission San Jose kids got 292 admission offers from Berkeley which is close to Los Gatos + Saratoga combined(308). Irvington is not far behind with 244. 
• In 2018, Irvington high alone got similar admits to Berkeley(57) than entire Los Gatos Saratoga Union high school district (58) (Los Gatos high and Saratoga high combined)
• In 2020, Irvington high alone got more admits to Berkeley than entire Palo Alto unified school district (Palo Alto high and Henry Gunn high combined)
• Among Henry Gunn, Palo Alto high, LG High and Saratoga high, only Henry Gunn crosses the 5 year average 40 mark
• Los Gatos and American high numbers are very similar over the last 5 years
• Saratoga and Palo Alto high numbers are very similar over the last 5 years 

Fremont vs San Jose public high schools

• Irvington and Mission - Fremont's top 2 seem to be in a different league compared to San Jose public high schools - averaging almost 50 kids to Berkeley every year
• Mission San Jose's dominance is clear as it got similar kids accepted to Berkeley as Evergreen and Leland combined did
• Irvington's dominance is clear as it got similar kids accepted to Berkeley as Evergreen, Leigh and Branham combined did

• Evergreen(26.2) and Leland(29) are top 2 in San Jose and average close to American High(27.6) in Fremont
• Washington(Fremont) and Milpitas High are the up and coming schools closing on the 20 mark
• Other public schools in San Jose are around the 10 mark. This includes Leigh high, Piedmont and Santa Teressa high which have 7+ great schools rating and median home prices above 1.5m. This shows that a lot of the new buyers in those neighborhoords will probably send kids to private schools or will move to better high schools in the future. 
• Kennedy (Fremont), Silver Creek, Willow Glen, Branham are all below the 10 mark

Irvington high school 2017-2021 College admissions

IHS Berkeley Admissions

• Irvington high is the second best high school in Fremont behind Mission San Jose
• Last 5 years, Irvington has sent a whopping 8%+ of its class to Berkeley every year on average. Acceptance rates from Irvington high to Berkeley range between 20-25% - meaning almost 1 out of every 4-5 applicants get accepted into the top UC
• Another 4% on average go to UCLA and 12% on 5 year average go to UCSD
• So total 25% of the class size has offers from UCB, UCLA and UCSD
• Irvington high school has relatively small class sizes of less than 600 as of 2021 - this makes it easier to get electives compared to other high schools with larger class sizes
• The 5 year % of class is using the class size of 600 to compute what percent of class gets admits from which university irrespective of how many are applying
• Irvington high has been beating arch rivals Mission San Jose in 2021 and 2020 - two consecutive years
• Irvington high sent similar number of kids to Berkeley as Evergreen, Branham and Leigh combined over the last 5 years
• Irvington got more admits to Berkeley as Harker + Bellarmine combined over the last 5 years
• In 2020, Irvington high got more admits to Berkeley than entire Los Altos school district (Mountain view high and Los Altos high combined)
• In 2018, Irvington high got similar admits to Berkeley(57) than entire Los Gatos Saratoga Union high school district (58) (Los Gatos high and Saratoga high combined)
• In 2020, Irvington high got more admits to Berkeley than entire Palo Alto unified school district (Palo Alto high and Henry Gunn high combined)